1.
STARTUP GRIND FOR: EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP &
INNOVATION, STANFORD ENGINEERING
Marian Gazdik
MD Europe
@StartupGrind
StartupGrind.com

2.
200CHAPTERS COUNTRIES
75 VOLUNTEERS
1,000 220,000ENTREPRENEURS

3.
OUR VALUES

4.
50CHAPTERS COUNTRIES
20 40,000ENTREPRENEURS

5.
bit.ly/SponsorSG
London, Jan 16
Fireside Chat with President of VIRGIN UNITE

6.
Global Conference
Local Events
Themed: e.g. Female founders
Regional Events
Social
Blog
YouTube
Podcast
HOW WE HELP IN EUROPE
Recent fireside chats
Lisbon
Author & Startup Journalist
CEO of CoderHat
Managing Partner of South Central Ventures
Founder of Idea Studios
Rotterdam
Skopje
Cluj-Napoca

7.
KARLIE KRIEGER
Director of Partnerships & Events
karlie@startupgrind.com
DEREK ANDERSEN
Founder & CEO
derek@startupgrind.com
MARIAN GAZDIK
MD Europe
marian@startupgrind.com

8.
BACK-UP SLIDES

9.
32% 68%
42% Software/Tech
VC/Finance15%
9% Media
Enterprise7%
Consulting
Other (educational,
social, etc)
20%
7%
60% Founder/CEO
C-level Executive
12
%
Media/Other
10
%
18
%
Developer
45% 25 - 34
35 - 4420%
20% 45+
18 - 2515%
32% 1 - 5
100+26%
23% 6 - 25
12% 25 - 100

10.
“There are great local entrepreneurs in each
city in the world. We bring these people to
our stages to mentor the next generation.”
“Think of it as an entrepreneurial
Elk’s Club or a national, self-
sustaining of local affiliate
networks… a la Fight Club”
“Startup Grind is
some of the best
community stuff
out there.”
-STEVE BLANK,
STARTUP OWNER’S MANUAL
“A mini-master class
in entrepreneurship
at Startup Grind.”
“Aimed at creating relationships among entrepreneurs
and venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators or
just people looking for good ideas.”
“These are our
people.”-SAM ALTMAN, Y COMBINATOR
“Startup Grind was a truly
awesome conference. I
hope to be asked back for
next year’s event”.
-MARK SUSTER,
UPFRONT VENTURES